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The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Proliferation

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World War II forces the United States to gather all their resources to create an atomic bomb before the Germans get to it. According to the atomicarchive.com, a secret program established by the U.S. Government later became known as the Manhattan project started in 1941. Led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, they were able to accomplish “Trinity” code name for the denotation of the first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The power that was observed stun the scientist enough to write a petition to the president, warning him of the destructive power of the atomic bomb and that he should never resort to using such weapon (Szilard). After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United State introduced the Baruch Plan which would turn their nuclear …show more content…

Most of my articles are from the nonproliferation side which is why it is biased. Nuclear proliferation is not that bad as it does, in some way, decreased the likelihood of war. There are many countries who wish the extermination of nuclear weapons which is why the NPT was born, signed by 189 nations (Nuclear Non-Proliferation).There is also the matter of global security. Nations that currently have nuclear weapons don’t want to completely erase their whole nuclear arsenal because it would endanger their country. No one wants to go first at disarming their nuclear weapons which is why there is still a large amount nuclear warhead. It is hard to control because countries such as Pakistan and India who both have nuclear weapons are in dispute. Just like the Cold War with Russia, there is a chance of a nuclear war happening. Nuclear terrorism is also why it is hard to control. There has been documented cases of nuclear theft. If these weapons were to fall into the wrong hand, the potential threat will be at large. The thing is that nuclear weapons get stronger as the years goes by. New technology enables more yields on nuclear weapons. With the existence of these weapons, it is impossible to tell what the future might

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Nuclear weaponry and its uses are more relevant in today’s world than ever before. Nuclear technologies that are capable of creating mass destruction to both nations’ lands and civilians have become a commonly owned resource in almost every nation’s arsenal. The main issue surrounding nuclear weapons and perhaps the reason why none of these technologies have been used is due to the inevitable outcome of global ruin. The one and only nuclear attack to date was performed by the USA military on Japan which killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and caused mass destruction that took several decades to recover from. One of the largest global controversies is whether or not nuclear weaponry should

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This state of affairs has perpetuated a constant threat of nuclear warfare and has required continuous diplomatic efforts to prevent the use of these weapons. The dropping of the atomic bomb set a dangerous precedent and contributed to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The use of atomic weapons in World War II established a precedent that the use of such devastating weapons could be justified under certain circumstances. This precedent has had far-reaching consequences, intensifying the arms race and undermining efforts towards disarmament and non-proliferation. The

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Despite the fact that the Cold War has been over since the early 1990’s with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the topic of nuclear weapon development is still circulating. The issue as a whole is a very complex issue, containing too many intertwined conflicts and and loose ends, so therefore it cannot be clearly defined, creating a problem on finding a clear and clean cut solution. But there are ways America can protect itself while as our nation wrestles with the problem as it rears it’s head within foreign relations. “Nuclear reductions and the heady dreams of abolition are driven in part by a belief that nukes are Cold War anachronisms. But it would be incorrect- dangerous, in fact-to assume that the conditions that have allowed the United States to de-emphasize its atomic arsenal will persist.

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